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Molybdenum black solar selective coatings have been produced on cobalt by immersion in a solution of ammonium paramolybdate and nickel sulphate. The cobalt was electroplated on nickel-plated copper prior to immersion in the paramolybdate solution. The maximum solar absorptance of the resulting molybdenum black coating was about 0.91. The minimum emittance was about 0.1 for coatings on cobalt deposited with an addition agent and about 0.23 for coatings on cobalt deposited without addition agent in the 60 °C plating solution. These differences have been related to the coating morphology determined by scanning electron microscopy. The emittance of coatings on cobalt deposited without addition agent decreases (or remains unchanged) during short-term heat treatment while that of coatings deposited on cobalt plated with addition agent increases somewhat. Reduction of the cobalt plating bath temperature to 45 °C can also lead to good initial coating properties but without the requirement for an addition agent in the cobalt plating bath. XPS studies show that the oxidation state of molybdenum in the coatings is approximately + 5 corresponding to Mo4O11. This reduces to + 4 after argon ion bombardment. Some cobalt may be present in the coatings in the form of CoO.
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Jahan, F., Smith, B.E. Investigation of solar selective and microstructural properties of molybdenum black immersion coatings on cobalt substrates. J Mater Sci 27, 625–636 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554027
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